Editing Analyses Created by Using the Analysis Editor

As stated in "What Types of Views Can I Work with in BI Composer?" BI Composer allows you to edit specific view types. When you edit an analysis that was created in the "Analysis editor," the following is a list of many of the objects and attributes that you can use:

• Conditional format — The first conditional format defined for each column in the analysis is honored.

• Excluded columns

• Filters

• Prompts

• Sections

• Slices for pie graphs

• Sorts

• Title

• Vary measure by color and points for scatter graphs

If you edit one of these analyses in BI Composer, you may receive an error message stating that there are incompatible elements in the analysis.

This message can occur for a variety of reasons. For example:

• Green bar formatting has been applied to the analysis.

• An incompatible graph view such as, gauge or performance tile, is part of the analysis.

• An incompatible view such as, selection step or filter, is part of the analysis.

• Duplicate view type exists. For example, if the analysis contains a table, pivot table, pie graph, and bar graph, only one table and one graph are converted in BI Composer. The table or pivot table is converted as a summary table and the graph defaults to the first compatible graph type in the analysis.

To edit an analysis using BI Composer when you have received an incompatibility error message:

1. Click Show details to view the messages.

   Figure 14-3 Incompatible Analysis Error Message When Editing an Oracle BI EE Analysis

   
   

2. Examine the messages. In Figure 14-4, the error message indicates that more than one graph exists for this analysis.

   Figure 14-4 Expanded Incompatible Analysis Error Message When Editing an Oracle BI EE Analysis

   
   

3. When you are sure that you want to proceed, click Yes. The "BI Composer wizard -- Create Analysis: Edit Graph panel" displays.

   To abandon the edit, click No.